WISCONSIN RAPIDS – School supplies still line the aisles at local stores as students and families gear up for the start of the 2015-16 academic school year. Here are some dates parents and students to keep in mind.

Assumption Catholic Schools

Assumption High School students (grades nine to 12) begin classes Monday, Aug, 24.

Kindergarten orientation is 5 p.m. Tuesday, followed by orientation for students through grade two at 6 p.m., at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, 750 10th Ave. N.

Assumption Middle School orientation (six through eighth grade) new students (include sixth-graders) 6 p.m.; seventh- and eighth-grade students at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The first day of school for kindergarten through grade eight is Aug. 31.

Busing information for WRPS is available at the Skyward Family Access link, according to the district website. Individual building start times are available at the district website, www.wrps.org, as well. Orientations have been held for students in the middle, junior high and high school levels.

The Online Enrollment Verification process has opened for parents of students in kindergarten through high school seniors is expected to be completed prior to each school’s open house event, according to the district website.

Elementary schools are hosting back-to-school nights for their respective families:

Open house and supply drop off for students and their families in first through fifth-grades: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 26; or back-to-school breakfast, 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, followed by open house and supply drop off, 8:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.

Howe, 221 Eighth St. N., A meet-and-greet is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.

Nekoosa Public School District has a newly-designed website at www.nekoosasd.net. Nekoosa High School, 500 Cedar St. will host an open house from 3 to 7 p.m. Aug. 26. High school students and their families should come in through the fitness center doors, due to construction. Schedules will be available during that time and student pictures will be taken, as well.

Alexander Middle School, Central Wisconsin STEM Academy, Niikuusra, all at 540 Birch St., and and Humke Elementary School, 500 S. Section St., will host open houses from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 27. Students can drop off school supplies at school supplies at this time.

Port Edwards Public Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 26

Port Edwards Elementary School, 951 Fifth St., will have back-to-school night from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. The event will include scheduled orientation activities, packet distribution, and /classroom visitations. A free cookout for families will begin at 5 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Four-year-old kindergarten students and their families can attend the back-to-school night from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the 4-K classroom at the YMCA, 211 Wisconsin River Drive, Port Edwards.

John Edwards Middle School and High School, 801 Second St., open house is set for 5:15 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a cookout in the school cafeteria beginning at 5 p.m.